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E.T. – Rare 1982 Behind The Scenes Footage And Interview With Melissa Mathison


Check out this rare look behind the scenes of E.T. with Steven Spielberg and screenwriter Melissa Mathison. It’s like entering a time machine and going all the way back to 1982. This rare interview clip was apparently captured from a long-forgotten foreign broadcast. They manage to pack a lot into this 3-minute clip.

If you ever wondered why they chose to make the story take place on Halloween, Mathison talks about this here. She also talks about the script a bit. It’s a charming little clip from a more civilized age. It is worth your 3 minute investment.

via Eyes on Cinema

Scifi Staff by — January 8, 2016 in Behind The Scenes 0
Concept Art From Steven Spielberg’s Robopocalypse

Concept Art From Steven Spielberg's Robopocalypse
It’s been awhile since Steven Spielberg has made a sci-fi action film, but we are always game to watch what he throws our way. In 2013, he postponed work on his adaptation of Daniel H. Wilson’s best-selling novel Robopocalypse. But we can now have a look at what might have been. This is some intriguing stuff.

He was working on the film for several years. Chris Hemsworth, Anne Hathaway and Ben Whishaw were even cast. But t some point it was announced that the script needed a lot more work. Plus it was apparently “too expensive to produce.” Who knows if we will ever see it finished, but here are a few images by artist Patrick Janicke.

Concept Art From Steven Spielberg's Robopocalypse

Concept Art From Steven Spielberg's Robopocalypse

Concept Art From Steven Spielberg's Robopocalypse

Concept Art From Steven Spielberg's Robopocalypse

Concept Art From Steven Spielberg's Robopocalypse

Concept Art From Steven Spielberg's Robopocalypse

via io9

Scifi Staff by — July 9, 2015 in Art 0
Raiders Of The Lost Ark Concept Art

Joe Johnston was a concept artist and character designer for Lucasfilm. He is responsible for the design of Boba Fett and many other cool things that we love. Guess what else? The Ark of the Covenant too. Here is some concept art from him from Steven Spielberg’s 1981 classic The Raiders of the Lost Ark.

It is pretty stunning. The version we saw in the film was really something, but this one just seems more biblical and alien to me. Can you imagine it all in gold and shining in the desert sun?

raiders of the lost ark

via From Director Steven Spielberg

Scifi Staff by — January 6, 2015 in Art 0
A Vintage 12-Minute Look Behind The Scenes of The Twilight Zone: The Movie

It was in 1982 that Twilight Zone: The Movie landed in theaters. Can you believe that was 32 years ago? So let’s take a few minutes to walk down memory lane with this vintage featurette from the film. It has a full 12 minutes of interviews with directors Steven Spielberg, John Landis, George Miller and Joe Dante.

As you might remember, each director directed his own mini-story within the movie. This video is a fascinating look behind-the-scenes at the movie that attempted to bring the show to the big screen. Sadly it just didn’t have the same kind of magic that the show did and no Rod Serling either. Still it did have some classic moments and a great cast too.

Scifi Staff by — November 11, 2014 in Behind The Scenes 0
Rick Baker Reveals Early Creepier E.T. Designs

We all know E.T. as Steven Spielberg’s lovable alien, but he wasn’t always so lovable. According to Uproxx, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial started as a horror movie. The alien seen here would have taken your Reese’s Pieces by force and it would have probably been very bloody.

The original plan was to make a horror sequel to Close Encounters of the Third Kind, where a group of aliens would harass some poor family. The working title was Night Skies and it would have been directed by Texas Chainsaw Massacre’s Tobe Hooper. These aliens are a far cry from the lovable little guy we met in the 80s.

e.t. design

e.t. design

e.t. design

e.t. design

Scifi Staff by — June 23, 2014 in Movies/TV 0